+    //
+    // Set the wxWidgets color table
+    //
+    if (!::GpiCreateLogColorTable( m_hPS
+                                  ,0L
+                                  ,LCOLF_CONSECRGB
+                                  ,0L
+                                  ,(LONG)wxTheColourDatabase->m_nSize
+                                  ,(PLONG)wxTheColourDatabase->m_palTable
+                                 ))
+    {
+        vError = ::WinGetLastError(vHabmain);
+        sError = wxPMErrorToStr(vError);
+        wxLogError(wxT("Unable to set current color table (3). Error: %s\n"), sError.c_str());
+    }
+    ::GpiCreateLogColorTable( m_hPS
+                             ,0L
+                             ,LCOLF_RGB
+                             ,0L
+                             ,0L
+                             ,NULL
+                            );
+    ::WinQueryWindowRect( GetWinHwnd(m_pCanvas)
+                         ,&m_vRclPaint
+                        );
+    InitDC();
+} // end of wxWindowDCImpl::wxWindowDCImpl
+
+void wxWindowDCImpl::InitDC()
+{
+
+    //
+    // The background mode is only used for text background and is set in
+    // DrawText() to OPAQUE as required, otherwise always TRANSPARENT,
+    //
+    ::GpiSetBackMix(GetHPS(), BM_LEAVEALONE);
+
+    //
+    // Default bg colour is pne of the window
+    //
+    SetBackground(wxBrush(m_pCanvas->GetBackgroundColour(), wxSOLID));
+
+    m_pen.SetColour(*wxBLACK);
+    m_brush.SetColour(*wxWHITE);
+    // since we are a window dc we need to grab the palette from the window
+#if wxUSE_PALETTE
+    InitializePalette();
+#endif
+    wxFont* pFont = new wxFont( 10, wxMODERN, wxNORMAL, wxBOLD );
+    SetFont(*pFont);
+    delete pFont;
+    //
+    // OS/2 default vertical character alignment needs to match the other OS's
+    //
+    ::GpiSetTextAlignment((HPS)GetHPS(), TA_NORMAL_HORIZ, TA_BOTTOM);
+
+} // end of wxWindowDCImpl::InitDC
+
+void wxWindowDCImpl::DoGetSize(
+  int*                              pnWidth
+, int*                              pnHeight
+) const
+{
+    wxCHECK_RET( m_pCanvas, wxT("wxWindowDC without a window?") );
+    m_pCanvas->GetSize( pnWidth
+                       ,pnHeight
+                      );
+} // end of wxWindowDCImpl::DoGetSize